Small size electroapparatus to be used as toys and for educational and domestic purposes



g- 1940- A. B. MARQUARDT, GEB. MEDER 2.210.629

SMALL SIZE ELECTROAPPARATUS TO BE USED AS TOYS AND FOR EDUCATIONAL AND DOMESTIC PURPOSES Filed Feb. 5, 1938 Patented Aug. 6, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SIVEALL SIZE ELECTROAPPARATUS TO BE USED AS TQYS AND FOR- EDUCATKONAL AND DQMESTIC PURIPQSES Application February 5, 1338, Serial No. 188,986 in Germany June 25, 1936 l Glaim.

The invention relates to electrically heated small-size apparatus such as toys, educational apparatus and apparatus for domestic use.

Small apparatus of this type have already become known, but they possess the inconvenience that every single apparatus must have its own source of energy or heating body built into it, whereby the cost of manufacture and consequently also the sale price is considerably increased.

The object of the present invention is, to obviate the inconvenience.

Several embodiments of the invention are illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 shows a toy kitchen-range in perspective and viewed from the rear.

Fig. 2 shows a toy smoothing iron in perspective.

Fig. 3 shows in perspective a heating body as employed in the apparatus shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and also the plug socket for the same.

According to the invention small size apparatus or a number of toys, such as for instance a kitchen range, a smoothing iron and a saucepan form a set.

In each of the small sized apparatus a blade spring I) (Fig. l) or c (Fig. 2) is fixed which is destined to press from below or from above against a heating body a. One and the same heating 30 apparatus with plug contact (1 can thus be employed for all apparatus of one set, and inserted from the rear side of the apparatus either above or below the blade spring b, so that the heating body is pressed by the blade spring against the part of the apparatus which has to be heated.

In the kitchen range shown in Fig. 1 this part 3 to be heated is the top plate so that the blade spring I) must press from below against the heating body, whereas in the smoothing iron the bottom plate has to be heated and therefor the blade spring 0 has to be arranged so that it 10 presses from above against the heating body.

I claim:

An electrically heated toy apparatus, comprising in combination a plurality of different apparatus each having an aperture in one wall, a 15 flat heating element adapted to be selectively inserted into any one of the said apparatus through the aperture therein, a flexible cable rigidly connected at one end to said element, a wall plug at the other end of said cable, and blade springs one in the interior of each of said apparatus and secured at one end to the wall of the apparatus having the aperture and extending in the direction in which the heating element is introduced,

said spring adapted to yield to said element while 

